#842E1B#842E1B

#842E1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.122 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E1B
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 79.5%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 35.89, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 47.50, 40.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1016 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.123 34)
XYZ	xyz(10.6917, 6.9402, 1.8133)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E1B #1B7184

analogous

#841B3C #842E1B #84621B

triadic

#842E1B #1B842E #2E1B84

tetradic

#842E1B #3C841B #1B7184 #621B84

square

#842E1B #3C841B #1B7184 #621B84

split-complementary

#842E1B #1B8462 #1B3C84

monochromatic

#1E0B06 #511C11 #842E1B #B74025 #D85D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#842E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#842E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E1B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E1B	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92182A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.122 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6b58',
    500: '#842e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e1b;
$custom-light: #af6b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.857,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42459,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.06939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E1B

secondary

#43A2B7

accent

#CAE93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E1B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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